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They provide a great way to stay fit and challenge myself physically and mentally. Here are some of my personal bests:</p><ul><li>Triathlon: None</li><li>Swimming:<ul><li>50m breaststroke: 37”44 (🥇<span style="color:gold"><em>1st place</em></span> of group B<sup id="fnref:1" role="doc-noteref"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote" rel="footnote">1</a></sup> at the Tsinghua University Swimming Competition, 2021)</li><li>100m breaststroke: 1’32”04 (<span style="color:black"><em>5th place</em></span> of group B at the Tsinghua University Swimming Competition, 2023)</li><li>50m freestyle: 31”40 (<span style="color:black"><em>4th place</em></span> of group B at the Tsinghua University Swimming Competition, 2021)</li><li>200m individual medley: 3’37”03 (🥈<span style="color:silver"><em>2nd place</em></span> of group B at the Tsinghua University Swimming Competition, 2020)</li></ul></li><li>Cycling: None</li><li>Running:<ul><li>1km: 3:51</li><li>5km: 24:42</li><li>Half marathon: 2:13:48</li></ul></li></ul><p>Besides, I’m also a beginner in skiing and diving (I mean, jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard).</p><h2 id="competitive-programming">Competitive Programming</h2><p>The awards highlighted below represent my highest achievements in each competition. For a comprehensive list of my accomplishments, please refer to my CV.</p><ul><li>Online Judges:<ul><li>Codeforces: <a href="https://codeforces.com/profile/ywwyww" style="color: red;">ywwyww</a></li><li>AtCoder: <a href="https://atcoder.jp/users/yww" style="color: orange;">yww</a></li></ul></li><li>International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) / China Collegiate Programming Contest (CCPC): Participated during my university years.<ul><li>ICPC, World Finals Baku: <span style="color:black"><em>High honors, 18th place</em></span>, 2025</li><li>ICPC, Europe Championship: 🥉<span style="color:silver"><em>Silver medal, 3rd place</em></span>, 2025</li><li>ICPC, Southwestern Europe Regional Contest: <span style="color:silver"><em>Silver medal, 4th place</em></span>, 2024</li><li>ICPC, Asia Jinan Regional Contest: 🥈<span style="color:gold"><em>Gold medal, 2nd place</em></span>, 2020</li><li>CCPC (Guangzhou), <span style="color:gold"><em>Gold medal, 6th place</em></span>, 2022</li></ul></li><li>Olympiad in Informatics (OI, aka. Computing Olympiad): Participated in high school.<ul><li>National Olympiad in Informatics, China: <span style="color:gold"><em>Gold medal, 14th place</em></span> (twice), 2018 and 2019</li><li>National Olympiad in Informatics Team Selection, China: <span style="color:gold"><em>Gold medal</em></span>, 2019</li><li>Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad: 🥉<a href="https://apio2018.ru/results/official-contest/" style="color:gold;"><em>International Gold medal, 3rd place (official)</em></a>, 2018</li><li>Tsinghua University Programming Contest: 🥈<span style="color:gold"><em>Gold medal, 2nd place</em></span>, 2018</li><li>National Olympiad in Informatics Winter Camp, China: <span style="color:gold"><em>Gold medal</em></span>, 2017</li></ul></li><li>Other Contests<ul><li>ICPC Challenge at World Finals Baku: <span style="color:black"><em>Third prize, 9th place</em></span>, 2025</li><li>EPFL Helvic Coding Contest: 🥇<span style="color:gold"><em>1st place</em></span>, 2025</li><li>

1ICPC, Swiss Subregional Contest: <span style="color:black"><em>4th place</em></span>, 2024</li><li>Lanqiao Cup National Software and Information Technology Professional Talent Competition National Finals, C/C++ Programming Contest, Graduate Group: 🥇<span style="color:gold"><em>1st place</em></span>, 2024</li><li>China Computer Federation Collegiate Computer Systemrs &amp; Programming Contest: 🥈<span style="color:gold"><em>2nd place</em></span>, 2023</li><li>Baidu Astar Programming Contest: <span style="color:black"><em>13th place</em></span>, 2022</li><li>Jingdong Programming and Algorithm Design Contest: 🥇<span style="color:gold"><em>1st place</em></span>, 2022</li><li>China Computer Federation Certified Software Professional: 🥇<span style="color:gold"><em>1st place</em></span> (twice), 2020 and 2021</li><li>Baidu Astar Programming Contest: <span style="color:black"><em>10th place</em></span>, 2019</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id="food">Food</h2><p>I don’t like:</p><ul><li>Spicy foods</li><li>Sparkling water / soda</li><li>Alcoholic drinks</li><li>Coffee</li><li>Tea</li></ul><p>I love Milan for its delicious food, especially its (somewhat) authentic Chinese cuisine.</p><h2 id="music">Music</h2><p>I can play the piano and the drums a bit. I like to listen to symphonies.</p><div class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes"><ol><li id="fn:1" role="doc-endnote"><p>Departments and schools are divided into two groups based on the numbers of students of them. IIIS has a few students, so it is in group B. <a href="#fnref:1" class="reversefootnote" role="doc-backlink">&#8617;</a></p></li></ol></div></section><footer class="page__meta"></footer></div></article></div><div class="page__footer"><footer> <!-- start custom footer snippets --> <!-- <a href="/sitemap/">Sitemap</a> --> <!-- end custom footer snippets --><div class="page__footer-follow"><ul class="social-icons"><li><strong>Follow:</strong></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/wuwei_yuan"><i class="fab fa-twitter-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://facebook.com/Wuwei Yuan"><i class="fab fa-facebook-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> Facebook</a></li><li><a href="http://github.com/ywwywwyww"><i class="fab fa-github" aria-hidden="true"></i> GitHub</a></li><li><a href="https://ywwywwyww.github.io/feed.xml"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-rss-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> Feed</a></li></ul></div><div class="page__footer-copyright">&copy; 2026 Wuwei Yuan. Powered by <a href="http://jekyllrb.com" rel="nofollow">Jekyll</a> &amp; <a href="https://github.com/academicpages/academicpages.github.io">AcademicPages</a>, a fork of <a href="https://mademistakes.com/work/minimal-mistakes-jekyll-theme/" rel="nofollow">Minimal Mistakes</a>.</div></footer></div>

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